How common is the surname Samsel?

1,629 people in the United States had the surname Samsel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. It ranked 17,345th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Samsel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Samsel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Samsel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,629 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Samsel

A surname, carried by 1,629 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Samsel is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

Unknown. Possibly from diminutive form German Samson. Polish is also possible because -el is often used in surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,629 people named Samsel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,638.

#17,345

rank among US surnames

1,629

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,219)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,337	Shake	1,630	189,414
#17,345	Estey	1,629	189,531

Who is named Samsel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Samsel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Samsel

Sanmiguel

Samsel has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.

Questions

Where does the surname Samsel come from?: Unknown. Possibly from diminutive form German Samson. Polish is also possible because -el is often used in surname.
How common is the surname Samsel?: 1,629 people in the United States had the surname Samsel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. It ranked 17,345th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Samsel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Samsel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Samsel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,629 in 2010, down 0.5%.